The iceberg threat

Understanding OVERLOCR

In aviation, situational awareness – SA – is one of those ‘motherhood’ constructs that everyone talks about but few can in fact define.

While researchers use many definitions of the term, the three level model developed by Dr Mica Endsley is the best known – SA is “the perception of the elements in the environment within a volume of time and space, the comprehension of their meaning, and the projection of their status in the near future”.